Who is Daniel Pipes?

President Bush’s nomination of Daniel Pipes to the U.S. Institute for Peace is being held up by “a quartet of craven senators” — Senators Ted Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, Tom Harkin, and Jim Jeffords. Who is Daniel Pipes?
“He is a scholar and the author of 12 books, four of which are on Islam. Unlike most of the complacent and clueless Middle East academic establishment, which specializes in the brotherhood of man and the perfidy of the United States, Pipes has for years been warning that the radical element within Islam posed a serious and growing threat to the United States.
“During the decades when America slept, Pipes was among the very first to understand the dangers of Islamic radicalism. In his many writings he identified it, explained its roots — including, most notably, Wahhabism as practiced and promoted by Saudi Arabia — and warned of its plans to infiltrate and make war on the United States itself.
“Sept. 11, 2001, demonstrated his prescience. Like most prophets, he is now being punished for being right.”
In other words, he is a most remarkable man. Thanks to Charles Krauthammer for pointing it out in his weekly Washington Post column today: “The truth about Daniel Pipes.”